Is hosting providers' safe harbour the real problem of copyright owners? A new article
Finding a safe harbour? A mission that can wait The Ecommerce Directive envisages a number of immunities (known as safe harbours) that shield internet service providers (ISPs) from liability for third-party content that they transmit, cache or host. In the context of its Digital Single Market Strategy [Katposts here ] the EU Commission is currently engaged in a discussion of whether the liability principles and rules contained in that EU directive for the benefit of ISPs should be amended [the next EU copyright package is awaited for release in the second half of September - see here for a leaked version] . With specific regard to copyright, one of the principal concerns relates to a particular type of ISP, ie hosting providers. Unlicensed hosting providers have been increasingly said to invoke the relevant safe harbour immunity in the EU Ecommerce Directive [Article 14] lacking the conditio...